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Name
  
Benny Moten


Role
  
Jazz Pianist

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Died
  
April 2, 1935, Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Albums
  
Kansas City Swing, Blue Lou Ain't Wrong

Genres
  
Jazz, Kansas City jazz, Moten Swing

Record labels
  
RCA Records, Bluebird Records

Similar People
  
Count Basie, Walter Page, Hot Lips Page, Eddie Durham, Jelly Roll Morton

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Benny Moten (November 30, 1916 – March 27, 1977) was an American jazz bassist.

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Moten had a long career as a sideman from the early 1940s, including with Hot Lips Page, Jerry Jerome, Red Allen (1942–49, 1955–65 intermittently), Eddie South, Stuff Smith, Arnett Cobb, Ella Fitzgerald, Wilbur De Paris (1956–57), Buster Bailey, Roy Eldridge, and Dakota Staton (1961–63). Though he never recorded as a leader, he continued performing nearly until the time of his death.

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Discography

With Ruth Brown

  • Ruth Brown (Atlantic, 1957)
  • Miss Rhythm (Atlantic, 1959)
  • With Roy Eldridge

  • Swingin' on the Town (Verve, 1960)
  • References

    Benny Moten Wikipedia